Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson (19 June 1964-) was a Conservative Party politician who served as Mayor of London from 4 May 2008 to 9 May 2016 (succeeding Ken Livingstone and preceding Sadiq Khan) and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 13 July 2016 to 9 July 2018, succeeding Philip Hammond.

Biography
Boris Johnson was born in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, New York in 1964 to wealthy upper-middle class English parents. He was educated at the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House School, and Eton College, and he was elected President of the Oxford Union in 1986 while attending Balliol College, Oxford. He began his career in journalism at The Times, but was sacked for falsifying a quotation. He later became The Daily Telegraph's Brussels correspondent, with his articles exerting a strong influence on growing Eurosceptic sentiment among the British right-wing. He was assistant editor from 1994 to 1999 before serving as editor of The Spectator from 1999 to 2005. In 2001, he was elected the Conservative MP for Henley, and he supported One-nation conservatism, holding liberal views on social issues and the economy. He made regular television appearances, wrote books, and continued his journalism career, and his colorful (if controversial) personality made him one of the most recognizable British politicians.

In 2008, he resigned his seat in the House of Commons after defeating Labour Party incumbent Ken Livingstone to become Mayor of London. He banned alcohol consumption on public transport, championed the city's financial sector, and introduced the New Routemaster buses, cycle hire scheme, and the Thames cable-car. In 2012, he was re-elected, and he oversaw the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015 he was elected MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, and he stepped down as Mayor the following year. In 2016, Johnson became a prominent supporter of Brexit, and he served as Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 under Prime Minister Theresa May. In July 2018, three days after the Cabinet met at Chequers to discuss a new Brexit plan, Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis resigned their posts.